What do black bears, the Mississippi state flag, Mississippi civil rights leaders Fannie Lou Hamer and Medgar Evers and the Biloxi Lighthouse have in common? More: continued here

Post office closing presents problemsAllentown Morning Call, PA –3 minutes agoThe Zionsville post office closed Jan. 23 because its landlord refused to renew the lease. According to Upper Milford Township Supervisor Henry Kradjel, … More: continued here

MATT HELMSDetroit Free Press, United States –26 minutes ago… Battersby told me in an e-mail. "I honk and they have no idea why I am honking." The left turn on red there is legal when traffic clears, said Royal Oak … More: continued here

Sky News Philips Halts Buyback, Slashes 6000 Jobs After Reporting LossBloomberg –21 minutes ago26 (Bloomberg) — Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe’s largest maker of consumer electronics, said it will eliminate 6000 jobs and halt its share buyback …Philips posts 1st quarterly loss in nearly 6 yearsInternational Herald TribunePhilips Electronics posts net …

The publisher of a small magazine called Hardcore Gamer was determined to keep it alive. So he put it up for sale on eBay and a last-minute savior swooped in. More: continued here

Greenville officials are hopeful a resolution will soon come out of a property dispute involving the future location of the borough’s new post office and an adjacent land owner. More: continued here

It was bound to happen. You can make money from free stuff on eBay. I actually was searching eBay for the Super Bowl 3D glasses last week and there were still none listed. Now eBay is flooded with Super Bowl 3D glasses offers. As reported the Super Bowl… More: continued …

I was surprised to see a FedEx truck pull up in front of our snowbound driveway Saturday. I had heard from Intel that they were sending out my test unit on Friday so that I could finally get my grubby paws on one of their convertible Classmates, but we’re… More: …

Earlier this month, when FedEx Corp. announced it will change the way its independent contractors handle their routes in New Hampshire, old questions resurfaced about the company’s legal future in a changing labor environment. More: continued here

In a narrow, rust-colored building on Main Street resides a century-old testament to survival — and to the fact that small and low-tech still have a place in a big, high-tech world. More: continued here